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CNS -- Graves Station -- 819: After almost two weeks of soaring prices on gold reserves, consumer confidence has been restored enough to settle the markets. Gold prices have consequently returned to their pre-boom levels. One BMM miners was quoted as saying, "oh well. The scare was nice while it lasted." Investigations as to the root causes of the gold rush are now ongoing.
Industry experts say that the Sirian market is currently extremely vulnerable to these sorts of market panics due to tampering with the neural net by malicious parties. The stock agencies of various warring houses refusing to cooperate in order to install security measures makes combating this extremely difficult. Due to this, it is believed that further mineral imbalances are nothing but inevitable.
While CNS staff cannot endorse profiteering from hacking attempts, many of the more observant of the merchant shippers and mining corporations have made a considerable profit. Following the testimony of our experts, it may be prudent to keep an eye on the stock markets. After all, it's not a question of 'if' this will happen again, but 'where' and 'when'.